Gowar East
Town in Victoria, Australia
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Gowar East is a locality in the Shire of Loddon and Shire of Northern Grampians, Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Gowar East had a population of 23.[2]
Gowar East | |
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Trees south of Wedderburn Road | |
  Gowar East | |
| Coordinates: 36°33′43″S 143°23′15″E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Victoria |
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| Government | |
| • State electorate | |
| • Federal division | |
| Population | |
| • Total | 23 (2021 census)[2] |
| Postcode | 3477[3] |
History
Gowar East is located on the lands of the Dja Dja Wurrung people.[4]
During the 1890s, wheat and oats were the principal crops grown in the Gowar East district, with Algerian and potato oats favoured over the later-maturing Tartarian variety.[5] In June 1890, the Berrimal branch of the Victorian Farmers' Progressive Association, based in the area, advocated for a railway line from Wedderburn to St Arnaud via Conooer Bridge.[5] Harvests in the mid-1890s were poor, with low yields and grain quality, and farmers struggled to cover their expenses.[6] Rabbits and foxes were also causing problems in the district, with foxes killing poultry and rabbits being targeted through poisoning and trapping.[6]
